Shoutin Saturdays is one of seven weekly posts at Lillie-Put that brings a shout to Jesus. Today I am shouting “More of You Jesus!” with Colton Dixon
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The Road Through Romans Idolatry
We are walking through the Book Of Romans verse by verse in this portion of Lillie-Put. We have had many discussions on the first twenty verses of the book. If you would like to do some catching up, those discussions can be found on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
Today we continue with the passage where Paul lays out his doctrine of original sin. The idea that man comes into the world with a natural bent towards evil is not a popular one in today’s world. That said it is a biblical idea which means it is truth. We learned from verse 20 that creation points us to God so that men are with out excuse for their sinful behavior. Verse 21 through 23 continues on from there saying,
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. Rom 1:21-23 NIV
With these verses Paul looks back from his time to describe what history had demonstrated up to the first century. That is: the truth of God was laid out before men in the creation; Men recognized the truth but chose to explain it away; They used human wisdom to “prove” that what was true about God was not true; Then they made up their own traditions and gods and mythological stories.
We think we have advanced beyond the ways of ancient man. Really, we are only repeating the same mistakes dressed up in new clothes. Creation still shows us God’s invisible qualities; Men can recognize those qualities but have chosen to explain them away using the enlightened ideas of humanism. We are not propagating idolatry after the old fashion. Instead of making gods out of wood and gold we are elevating our own race to godhood. We declare that we are gods in process become ever more enlightened.
And so just like the ancients we profess ourselves to be wise and become fools.
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Morning Direction From Scripture 4-22-16
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:22-25
THIS PASSAGE WAS ACTUALLY PART OF A DEVOTIONAL GIVEN BY MY FRIEND JODY AT OUR WORSHIP REHEARSAL LAST NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN CONSUMING MY THOUGHTS EVER SINCE.
What part of the Word of God Are you having trouble putting into practice? What is the price you are paying for not obeying God?
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Faithful Fridays 4-22-16
Faithful Fridays is one of seven weekly posts dedicated to the worship of Jesus Christ here at Lillie-Put. If you would like to add your worship to the blogosphere add your song or testimony to the comments section below.
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Thankful Thursdays 4-17-16
Thankful Thursdays is one of seven weekly posts dedicated to building a culture of worship on the blogosphere.
This is one of the songs we have been singing over our congregation of late.
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I am so thankful that I am no longer a slave to fear. “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for Thou (O L0rd) art with me!” PSm 23
Please add your own song of thanks in the comments section below.
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Worship Wednesdays 4-17-16
Well here we are worshiping once again on a Wednesday. This post is one of seven weekly posts dedicated to spreading the worship of Jesus Christ across the blogosphere.
Here are two other blogs that also do worship Wednesday posts
ANOTHER RED LETTER DAY Actually Worship Wednesdays was Ben’s idea.
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Now you can add your own praise in the comments section below.
Find out more about the worship movement, JESUS CULTURE HERE
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Tehillah Tuesdays 4-19-16
A Tehillah is a song of praise. Today I am praising God because He sent His Son Jesus to pay the penalty for my sin. Through Christ’s life, death and resurrection I now have a personal relationship with God.
This song pretty much sums up my feelings about it all.
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Add your own Tehillah in the comments section below.
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Magnification Mondays 4-18-16
Magnification Mondays is one of seven weekly posts at Lillie-Put dedicated to facilitating a culture of worship across the blogosphere.
Will you join me in raising up a praise song to the Everlasting Father? Just add your song in the comments section.
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Sacred Sundays 4-17-16
Sacred Sundays is one of seven weekly posts here at Lillie-Put dedicated to building an atmosphere of worship on the blogosphere.
This post in particular focuses on the hymns of the faith ancient and modern but mostly ancient.
Feel free to add your own hymn in the comments section
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The Road Through Romans: Without Excuse
The Road Through Romans is a discussion that is taking a look at every verse in the Book Of Romans. To be honest I am not sure this epoch of time has enough left in it for us to finish the discussion, but we will plod along until the age changes or the end of the book comes… whichever comes first.
If you have missed any of our previous discussions (and they are legion) you can find them on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE
We have been discussing verse 20 of Romans chapter 1 which says,
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
We have spent the better part of the last twenty posts on TRTR discussing those invisible attributes. I think I was actually taking so long getting through those qualities of God because I didn’t want to face the last four words of the verse.
People are without excuse!
We finished with the final invisible quality of God over a week ago and I have been unable to face writing what has to come next because this part of the good news is hard to take in.
People are without excuse!
There is a power in the world working overtime to convince us that there is no God or that if there is a God, He is some distant far away being who set the world to spinning and then walked away. Yet the creation itself tells us, if we will look at it, that not only is there a God but He knows us and desires relationship with us.
At the end of time no one will be able to excuse themselves for not knowing God by saying “There was no way I could have known about God.”
To them God will say,
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
In other words the problem is not that nothing in life points people to God. It is that in spite of the fact that creation screams out about God, people would rather believe anything else.
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